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25 Governance Rep ts Zhanna Milyashko, Catering Assistant. T he Quality Risk and Patient Safety (QRPS) Committee of the Board operates under the mandate (terms of reference) approved by the Executive Committee (Board) which are reviewed and amended where necessary on an annual basis. The TOR were considered/reviewed by the Committee in October 2020 and no changes were proposed. The aim of the QRPS Committee is to: (i) drive quality, risk and patient safety strategy, management and improvement within the National Maternity Hospital; and, (ii) provide a level of assurance to the Board that there is adequate and suitable governance of quality, risk and patient safety in place. To this end the QRPS Committee met seven times during the year (mandated to meet at least 4 times per year) to consider reports, both internally and externally generated, and key performance indicators evidencing the application of the hospital's clinical risk management and governance framework. Other matters considered during the year included: • The on-going management by the Hospital of impact of COVID-19 pandemic on its operations • Monitoring of the incident reporting system in the hospital • The continued evolution of the Performance and Patient Safety dashboard for Board reporting purposes. • Review of patient engagement points at all levels within the hospital • Oversight of the management of specific risks related to the implementation of the National Maternal and Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS). • Monitoring of the implementation and on-going management of GDPR related matters The 2020 members of the QRPS Committee were: Mr Aidan Devlin, (Chair until September); Ms Patricia O'Shea (Vice Chair until September, Chair since Sept.), Ms Mairéad Butler (Vice Chair since Sept.), Dr Ingrid Browne, Ms Jane McCluskey, Mr Frank Downey, Prof. Declan Keane, Dr Roger McMorrow, Prof Colm O'Herlihy and Cllr Naoise Ó Muirí. In accordance with Clause 8.1 of the QRPS Committee mandate, Ms Mary Quality Risk and Patient Safety Committ Connolly (External Advisor, AON), Dr Luke Feeney (Director of Quality Risk and Patient Safety) and Mr. Ronan Gavin (Secretary/Manager of NMH) also attend QRPS meetings. The Committee wishes to thank the Master, Prof Shane Higgins, Mr Ronan Gavin, Dr Luke Feeney and Ms Mary Connolly for their support and assistance during the year. Patricia O'Shea Chair